...Information Systems Gerardo Montano CIS 205 10-11-10 Steven Rubin Information Systems Information systems support the business processes in an organization in many ways. First of all, business today need to have information systems to survive in today’s Internet worked global environment. It has become a major fundamental area of business administration. These systems are useful for managers, business professionals, and all other specialized personnel. By saving time, money, and manpower, information systems handle a big task and are a perfect solution for any business. Whether it is a small business or a big enterprise, this will greatly improve any company. An information system uses the resources of people, hardware, software, data, and networks to perform several tasks. The responsibilities for the information systems are to perform input, to process, execute output, serve as storage, and control activities in the structure. Also, there are information systems’ resources and products, including instructions for people, programs, and procedures. They can create several forms of information with using these tools, such as paper reports, visual displays, multimedia documents, electronic messages, audio responses, and graphic images. The business development at a local corporation, named GPSIT, goes through several procedures before being completely processed. Information systems take a major part of this practice by sending out e-mails to hot...
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...sanghaInformation Systems Proposal | April 29th, 2013 BIS/220 Jan Martin E-Mail: Kirndeep.sangha@gmail.com | | Table of Contents There are many Information Systems that could be beneficial to our company but I have narrowed the list to the 5 most valuable to use. They are listed below in the order that they will be discussed from most advantageous to least. * Office Automation System- This system would help us because it supports the clerical staff, lower and middle managers, and knowledege workers. Our employees would develop word processing and desktop publishing software which could help us from scheduling customers to checking our email. * Transaction Processing System- The TPS is very helpful in that it would allow us to monitor, collect, store, and process data from our basic business transactions. * Management Information System- This would help us produce reports that are summarized from transaction data from the sales we record to customers. * Supply Chain Management System- This system will help us record how the flow of our materials are transported from suppliers to factories to the customer. * Funtional Area IS- This supports the activities within a specific functional area and could be used as setting up a process for payroll. Information System | Cons | Office Automation System | Does not support Executives | Transaction Processing System | Mostly done online now, need computer knowledge necessary | Management Information System | Can be expensive...
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...Hospitality Information Systems and Users Paper Kim Sullins BIS/303 October 26, 2015 Craig Wheeler Hospitality Information Systems and Users Paper Inventory tracking is the controlling and overseeing of storage and the ordering of components that many companies use in producing items. Inventory tracking used also for overseeing and controlling of finished products for sale. A company’s inventory is their investment and a part of their assets that has sold and used in the company as part of its production. Inventories that are mismanaged may create sizeable financial and inventory problems for companies, whether the mismanagement results in an inventory shortage, over inventory and loss in possible sales. The two types of inventory tracking used are Perpetual and Periodic. In a perpetual (usually used in supermarkets or department stores), a continuous flow of inventory count is tracked using a point of sale (POS) check out system. This system is perfect for companies to manage what has sold and reorder when a reorder point has reached. Another advantage of this system is its ability to account for shrinkage (theft) and inventory turnover. The periodic system (used in smaller retailers) used to take a physical count of inventory at periodic intervals to...
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...Management Information Systems - Westminster College - Fulton, Missouri Why Study Management Information Systems (MIS) at Westminster? * Our MIS program builds on the strengths of our Business and Computer Sciences offerings as well as our liberal arts education. Classes blend theory and practice in “hot” areas—issues and technologies that researchers and practitioners are currently interested in. * Each class is uniquely designed for Westminster, in response to recent scholarly findings and rising trends in the field. * Courses are not technology driven, though technology is adequately integrated into the major. Therefore, students never have to play catch-up with technology that is imposed externally. Instead, all discussions are driven by business strategy and user needs. * Majors become user and data advocates who understand that the most critical elements of an information system are not hardware and software, but the people and information. * Dr. Phelps, who designed and implemented the major, has degrees and research, and consulting experience in all of the relevant fields of MIS: business, decision science, computer science, and information technology. So, “knowing a little about a lot” allows her to see the best benefits of these synergies and bring those synergies into the classroom. Major Highlights In your formal MIS studies, you will learn organized approaches to gathering, processing, and presenting information, in order to improve...
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...Information Infrastructure and Policy 6 (2000) 157–170 IOS Press 157 Accessing Geographical Information Systems over the World Wide Web: Improving public participation in environmental decision-making Steve Carver, Andy Evans, Richard Kingston and Ian Turton School of Geography, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK Abstract. This paper describes work carried out as part of the Economic and Social Research Council’s Virtual Society? Research Programme and presents some initial developments in the field of spatial decision support systems (SDSS) on the World Wide Web (WWW). Particular attention is paid to the development of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) and webbased SDSS with the principal aim of increasing public involvement in environmental decision-making. Discussion focuses on public access issues and the implications for online approaches to public participation. Examples of three online SDSS are given covering local, regional and national scale case studies. 1. Introduction The rise of the Internet and the WWW has created many opportunities for those involved in GIS and decision support research. In the last few years many GIS have appeared on the WWW giving the general public, or at least those with a connection to it, access to both GIS and spatial data. With this increased availability, previous criticism of GIS as an elitist technology voiced by Pickles [6] may no longer be valid. We are now beginning to witness the popularising of GIS, at least...
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...Information Systems Paper Danny Floyd CIS/205 October 8, 2010 Wanda D Burwick Information Systems Paper In the past 20 years, technology has taken over the routines of our everyday lives. From the start of the day, people are waking up to music generated by cell phones, Ipods and televisions. Virtually every business in the world has a website address attached to its title. In every office from “A”ccounting to the local “Z”oo are using some sort of information system to make their services more efficient and effective, which saves time for individual workers per hour. In my business “R” for real estate, we use a information system called the Multiple Listing Services to support our business process. A real estate website called, real estate abc.com describes the multiple listing services as a big property warehouse. When properties are available for sale, they go into the warehouse. Once a property is sold, it is removed from the warehouse. We cannot actually put properties into a warehouse. A multiple listing service is a collection of private databases used by real estate brokers who agree to share their listing agreements with one another to locate ready, willing and able buyers for properties more quickly than they could on their own. The business process in my organization is to pre-qualify a person who wants to become a client and purchase a home. The procedure is to gather personal information and permission from the...
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...Information System Paper Ted Ko, CIS 205 University of Phoenix July 12, 2011 Craig Berg Information Systems The business process of the Dry Cleaning industry is all about customer services and excelling in customer satisfaction. In order to achieve this we use a computer to keep track of all the customers’ names, phone numbers, personal preference regarding specific requests. When the customers come into the store they have the option of dropping off and picking up, or both. We also provide many more services, such as, shoe repair, alterations, and cleaning of leather goods and storage. Everything to make it as convenient as possible (one stop shop.) Because customer service is our main focus, our computers in turn become our main focal point. Having a computer instead of using the old fashion ways of writing out the tickets has much strength. Having a computer allows us to have all of the customer’s information at our fingertips. For example, name and phone number, what they have dropped off at the moment, what they have dropped off in the past, what they have picked up and if they have anything to pick up and more. Another strength of using a computer is that it allows us to print out both tickets and invoices for the clothes that were dropped off. This helps in saving paper, which is very eco friendly. Using a computer also allows us to use the program to eliminate human error. To help us eliminate human error even more, the program we use not only has the name...
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...Week 10 Lecture: Grading rule: To get the full 1-mark credit, you would need to attempt: a) the two past exam questions + b) either question 13 or 17 for chapter 15; and c) any question out of questions 15, 25 and 27 for chapter 13. To get the half credit, you would need to attempt both past exam questions. Past exam questions: 1. Market Risk for multi-period horizons and portfolios An Australian bank has long positions of 1 million US dollars and 1 million Swiss Francs. The closing exchange rates yesterday were AU$1.5/US$ and AU$1/SWF. The historical average value of daily exchange rate return is zero for both AU$/US$ and AU$/SWF. The standard deviations of daily exchange rate return for AU$/US$ and AU$/SWF are 50 basis points and 100 basis points respectively. The historical correlation between the two exchange rate returns is 0.5. a) If the daily exchange rate returns for both AU$/US$ and AU$/SWF follow a normal distribution and independent across dates (i.e., the serial correlation in daily exchange rate returns is zero), what is 10-day VaR for the bank’s aggregate holdings of two currencies? b) Assume for this question that the daily exchange rate returns for AU$/SWF do not follow a normal distribution and not independent across dates either. Based on the historical data, there is typically 5% of chance that SWF will depreciate by more than 150 basis points relative to AU$ in 10 days, and there is also 5% of chance that SWF will appreciate by more than...
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...Information Systems and Software Applications Paper Robert Morrison MIS/219 March 6, 2011 Martin Resnick Information Systems and Software Applications Paper This paper is about Information Systems and Software the company has chosen to enhance effectiveness of information systems, efficiency of departments, and gain an advantage related to information processing and management. The departments to be affected are the human resources, marketing, and management. The Reason for Information Systems and Software Information systems and software are the foundation for department and management to help employees perform tasks related to information processing and management. Information systems will help employees to deliver the correct information to the right people or department in the time designated, and in the correct format. (Samson, n.d). Software applications provide instructions for the hardware to function. Human Resources department (Quest webpage, 2011). Talent Platform Software by icIms’ has benefits of letting the employee service the application him or herself, salary and benefit data management, HR reports, and tools to help the user that are implement into the program, compatible with payroll systems. This system will reduce paper, and costs to the company by managing day to day operations of employees. This system will eliminate costly implementations and the need to train users on multiple systems. Marketing Department ...
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...As a result of massive accounting scandals in the United States between 2001 and 2002 involving notorious companies, such as Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, and various other recognized entities, President George W. Bush signed into legislation during 2002 the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This historic piece of legislation has had a profound effect on the accounting profession. As a result of the act, the PCAOB was created. Since its inception, the PCAOB has created some of the most importing accounting standards that are used every day by auditors of public companies. This paper takes a look at the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and its effect on internal controls and small businesses. Also, I will discuss the purpose and specific pronouncements related to accounting information systems and internal controls; as well as the impact of possible future pronouncements. Keywords: Sarbanes-Oxley, PCAOB, Accounting information systems The Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the PCAOB Massive accounting scandals in the United States between 2001 and 2002 involving notorious companies, such as Enron, Worldcom, Tyco, and various other recognized entities, led to the creation of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This historic piece of legislation has had a profound effect on the accounting profession since it was signed into law. As a result of the act, the PCAOB was created. Since its inception, the PCAOB has created some of the most importing accounting standards that are used every day by auditors of public...
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...Information Systems Evolution Paper Health care is one of the many industries that use bar codes for efficiency. Bar codes are used in the health care industry to manage and maintain patient’s records, track medical supplies, check the status of medical equipment, and to manage data quickly and accurately. Since the use of bar codes in the health care industry, there have been studies, has shown bar codes reduce medical errors. Bar code has been around since 1952 and has helped every industry become more efficient in collecting and tracking services and products. Milestones On many products today people do not relies the importance of a bar code on items. One might even ask what is a bar code. A bar code is a way to track information data automatically by identifying the numbers on the UPC. In 1948, Bernard Silver was a graduate at Drexel Institute of Technology and a food store owner asked the university to research a way to of automatically read product information during checkout (About, n.d.). • October 20, 1949, Woodland and Silver filed their patent application for the “Classifying Apparatus and Method.” • October 7, 1952 inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver were the recipient of the first patent for bar coding. • Commercially in 1966, bar codes were used. • 1970, the Universal Grocery Products Identification Code (UGPIC) was written by a company called Logicon Inc. • In 1970, Monarch Marking was the first to use bar...
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...310 Week 2 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 2 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 2 Individual Assignments Critical Information Systems Paper (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 3 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 3 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 3 Individual Assignment Service Request SR-kf-013 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 4 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 4 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 4 Individual Assignment McBride Marketing Paper (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 5 Discussion Question 1 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 5 Discussion Question 2 (UOP Course) BSA 310 Week 5 Team Assignment Service Request SR-rm-012 Paper and Presentation (UOP Course) ____________________________________________________ BSA 310 Week 2 Individual Assignments Critical Information Systems Paper (UOP Course) For more course tutorials visit www.tutorialrank.com Individual Assignment: Critical Information Systems Paper • Write a 3-5 page paper based on one of the following Virtual Organizations: o Smith Systems Consulting. Huffman Trucking. Kudler Fine Foods. • For the selected Virtual Organization, describe an information system critical to the business processes of the organization. Include in your description how this information system has an effect on the organizational structure. ____________________________________________________ BSA 310 Week 3 Individual Assignment Service...
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...Information Systems and Software Applications 1 Software Application and Information System Marguerite Moore Business Information Systems/BIS2 February 21, 2011 Chiedo Ugorji InformationSystems and Software Applications 2 - Please remove. Management Information Services A management department uses a computer based system that provides managers with the tools needed to organize, evaluating, and they run their departments more efficiently. They use software that can look at the past, present, andthefuture information. This is calledthe Management Information Service that includes the software to run the databases, the decision support system, and they also have applications that can run the department of the business more efficiently. These systems (management information systems) provide the department employee with the information to run his operations. It also supports the planning, effective resource...
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... |Business Information Systems | Copyright © 2009, 2008 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course provides an overview of Business Information Systems. This includes a broad foundation for both technical and nontechnical business professionals. Special emphasis is placed on how information is used by different types of businesses across different industries. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Rainer, R. K., Jr., & Turban, E. (2009). Introduction to information systems: Supporting and transforming business (2nd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Overview of Information Systems...
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...What is the difference between information technology and information systems? An information system is a set of interrelated components designed to work together to create, modify, store, and distribute information to support decision making and control in an organization. This is accomplished through the use of information technology which consists of all the hardware and software that an organization uses to achieve its objectives. For example, hardware includes servers, PCs, storage devices, phones, handheld devices, printers, scanners, routers and other devices; while software includes operating systems like Windows, Microsoft Office software, databases, networking software, and any other software that the firm uses. The firm’s information technology infrastructure is the foundation on which its information system is built. An information system produces information that the organization needs to make decisions, analyze problems and produce products and services. The information system does this by performing three main activities: input collects raw data, processing converts this raw data into useful information, and output transfers the information to the people that will use it. Information systems are more than hardware and software. They include all the components that make up the system including the firm’s information technology, the internet, organizational structure, management, workers, and business functions like marketing, accounting, operations, human resources;...
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